Puente de la Barqueta explained

Puente de la Barqueta
Official Name:Puente Mapfre
Carries:Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
Locale:Seville (Andalusia–Spain)
Designer:Juan J. Arenas & Marcos J. Pantalerón
Length:214 m.
Width:21,4 m.
Begin:1989
Complete:1992
Coordinates:37.4044°N -5.9972°W
Followed:Pasarela de la Cartuja

The Puente de la Barqueta (literally "bridge of the barges", in reference to the formerly present "Barqueta Gate"), officially named Puente Mapfre, is a bridge in the city of Seville (Andalusia, Spain), which spans the Alfonso XIII channel of the Guadalquivir river. It constituted one of the main means of access to the Isla de la Cartuja ("Cartuja island").[1]

It was built between 1989 and 1992, on the occasion of the Universal Exposition Expo'92, and conceived as the main gate for this.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Monumentos: Puentes de Sevilla . www.sevillainfo.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051220131315/http://sevillainfo.com/sevilla/monumentos/sevilla_puente_barqueta.php . 2005-12-20.